GARAGEBAND TECH 1

















Area of Interaction: Health and Social Education

Unit Question: How does music change me? 

Requirements:
-Spend 6 days creating your own songs with GarageBand.
-You need to create 4 songs. (25 points for each song)
-Each song needs to be at least 1 minute long. (10 points)
-Each song must have at least 5 tracks. (10 points)
-All of your songs must have at least one edit. (3 points)
-All of your songs must have at least two "pan" changes. (2 points)
-At least one of your songs must have your voice recorded on it.
-There is a total of 100 points for this assignment.
-You will receive an IB grade and a letter grade.

Day 1:
Take the Test on Skyward.

INVESTIGATE: (Write in complete sentences)
Identify the Problem:

1. What is the problem you need to solve? How do I create a song?

2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world? It helps us solve problems that we have everyday.
3. How does music change me.Music makes me more calm and focused on my homework.
4. What are the requirements for this assignment? Up above
5. What is GarageBand? An application that allows you to make songs
6. Spend 15 minutes experimenting with GarageBand. List three new things you learned about GarageBand:

Design Brief:
7. Write a short statement of what you are going to make, why you are going to make it, and for whom you are making it for. I am going to make a song, I am making it because its a assignment and I am making it for Ms. Bradfield.

Formulate a Design Specification:
8. What are the requirements for this assignment? Up above
9. What are the limitations you have with this assignment? Lack of experience.


PLAN:
Day 1: Take the test on Skyward, answer the questions under "Investigate", and start GarageBand.
Day 2: Finish Day 1 and start GarageBand.
Day 3: Work on GarageBand.
Day 4: Work on GarageBand.
Day 5: Work on GarageBand.
Day 6: Work on GarageBand.
Day 7: Send your songs to iTunes, upload your songs to your Wikispace, and burn your song to a CD if you choose.


CREATE:

• Use appropriate software to create your songs . (and be nice to my computer!)
• Follow your plan.
• Pay attention to the quality of your songs!

EVALUATE:
10. How many songs did you create? 4
11. How could you improve your songs? By spending more time on them.
12. Did you meet all of the requirements? Yes
13. Reflect on all the steps of the Design Cycle. What did you do well? What do you need to improve?

• Investigate: We discovered how to make a song. We could improve by making the song longer and transition the song better.

• Plan: We made a plan that we followed. We could improve by making goals in the plan.

• Create: We created the songs that were required. We could improve by making them better.
• Evaluate: We evaluated well, by thinking about what we did. We could improve by

14. Were you responsible in using the software, Internet, pictures, and computer? Yes
15. How does music change the way you act and feel about yourself? I feel more relaxed and confident when I listen to music.
16. What grade do you deserve on this project? (1 - 6) A 6, because we met all the requirements.

ATTITUDE:
17. Reflect on your attitude on each step of the Design Cycle. Did you completely answer each step without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard". Explain your answer: Yes, we didn't complain about the steps. Even though we didn't how to do Garageband we eventually figured it out and completed the songs.
18. What grade do you deserve on your attitude? (1 - 6) 6, because we didn't complain.